Cognitive Illusions: A Handbook on Fallacies and Biases in Thinking, Judgement and Memory

ISBN 10: 1841693510 / ISBN 13: 9781841693514

Published by Psychology Press, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognitive Illusions: A Handbook on Fallacies and Biases in Thinking, Judgement and Memory
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841693510
• ISBN 13: 9781841693514
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Bon

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Synopsis

Cognitive Illusions investigates a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives. At the beginning of each chapter, leading researchers in the field introduce the background to phenomena such as illusions of control, overconfidence and hindsight bias. This is followed by an explanation of the experimental context in which these illusions can be investigated and a theoretical discussion drawing conclusions about the wider implications of these fallacy and bias effects.

Written with researchers and instructors in mind, this tightly edited, reader-friendly text provides both an overview of research in the area and many lively pedagogic features such as chapter summaries, further reading lists and suggestions for classroom demonstrations.

About the Author

Rüdiger F. Pohl studied Psychology at the University Braunschweig, before accepting the position as Assistant Professor at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. His research has focussed on memory, especially knowledge representation, cognitive illusions and autobiographical memory.